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He is known as "Pitt the Younger" to distinguish him from his father, William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, who had previously served as prime minister and is referred to as "William Pitt the Elder" (or "Chatham" by historians). Pitt's prime ministerial tenure, which came during the reign of King George III, was dominated by major political events ...
William Pitt. William Pitt, I Conde de Chatham ( Londres, 15 de noviembre de 1708 - Hayes, Bromley, Londres, 11 de mayo de 1778), apodado el Viejo para distinguirlo de su hijo, conocido como William Pitt "el Joven", fue un político británico. Era nieto de Thomas Pitt.
22 de sept. de 2020 · "William Pitt the Younger," painted around 1783, by George Romney. Wikimedia Commons As the Elder Pitt passed, however, the Younger Pitt had just become ready to take his place, having already graduated from Cambridge University at the age of 14, and soon established himself as a respectable lawyer two years later, and followed his father’s footsteps into the House of Commons soon afterward ...
William Pitt was born in Westminster in 1708 into a wealthy family. He was the grandson of Thomas ‘Diamond’ Pitt, who had made a fortune selling a diamond he had acquired whilst Governor of Madras in India. The fortune had bought both land and parliamentary seats. The young William Pitt was educated at Eton, which he disliked, and then ...
Seven Years’ War. of William Pitt, the Elder. The outbreak of the Seven Years’ War gave Pitt his supreme opportunity for statesmanship. The war began with heavy losses and considerable confusion of policy. The popular demand for Pitt became irresistible, and he declared, “I am sure I can save this country, and nobody else can.”.
William Pitt el Viejo (Londres, 1708 - Hayes, 1778) Político británico que desempeñó un importante papel en la victoria sobre Francia en la guerra de los Siete Años (1756-1763). En 1735 le fue ofrecida una candidatura en la Cámara de los Comunes, que aceptó, y pronto se convirtió en el portavoz de la oposición liberal al liderazgo de Robert Walpole .
William Pitt the Younger. Pitt lived and died a bachelor, totally obsessed with political office. He was clever, single-minded, confident of his own abilities, and a natural politician. But perhaps his greatest asset in the early 1780s was his youth. He had entered Parliament in 1780 and was just 24 when he became first minister in 1783.
